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Chinese dumpling or Jiaozi (餃子) is one of the traditional yet popular Chinese dishes prepared during the festive season of Chinese New Year. Maybe not for the Malaysians, but for Chinese (especially from Northern part of China) or Taiwanese, this dish is usually served during the Chinese New Year Eve or some other family get together occasions. This is because the dumpling is shaped like a yuan bao (元寶), a traditional money used during the Ming Dynasty, that means good luck, wealth and prosperity.

Being born and raised in Malaysia, I never have dumplings really. Until I attended  university in the United States, my Chinese and Taiwanese friends would make these delicate dumplings for me. And I must say once you’ve tried it you will love it. This Chinese Lunar New Year falls on the 14th of February which is also the Valentine’s Day. You can learn to make this recipe ahead and prepare for your family or loved ones just in time.

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Zha Jiang Mian (炸醬面) is a traditional dish from Northern China and it is named as the “brown meat sauce noodle” in most Chinese cuisines while Westerners called it “Chinese spaghetti”. Noodle (面) is the main diet for Northern Chinese due to the main crop at Northern China is wheat.  Thus the Chinese uses it to produce the wheat noodle as known as la mian (拉麺) or it is called Ramen in Japan.

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